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Whether this is opt-in/opt-out is not clear. What bothers me, though, is how Google won't delete your images used for training automatically. https://support.g
by aloknnikhil 7y ago
Whether this is opt-in/opt-out is not clear. What bothers me, though, is how Google won't delete your images used for training automatically.
https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9320885?hl=en https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9320885?hl=en
> Note: Disabling Face Match will delete your face model from your device but it will not delete the enrollment images used to create your face model. To delete Face Match enrollment images, visit myactivity.google.com.
So, the real question is, why do we have to be aware of some gotcha that's deeply embedded somewhere in some support page that majority of us won't look at? This is the case with most of Google's opt-out strategies.
- magashna 7y agoIf I don't have a Nest or the Google Home app, can I still opt-out or is this even enabled?
- input_sh 7y agohttps://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols This is a handy link to check from time to time. Note that some of these include degraded experience on Google's services, so I definitely wouldn't recommend turning them all off (or "pausing them", as Google puts it) without understanding what they actually do.
- magashna 7y agoOk, nothing there about face data. Only thing enabled is youtube history and everything works fine.
- shakna 7y agoYou can delete current data here [0], but I haven't seen any "opt out" anywhere. [0] https://myactivity.google.com/page?page=match_enrollment https://myactivity.google.com/page?page=match_enrollment
- craftyguy 7y agoIt's clear that there is no way to opt out of this bullshit: > Can I opt out of all of these as well? > Unfortunately, not very easily. With Google Photos, you can choose not to run the facial recognition tool on your own photos, but you can't control what other people who may have uploaded photos of you decide to do.
- aloknnikhil 7y agoYup. This is equivalent to people disclosing all of my contact information without my consent, just by the virtue of being part of their network.
- mtgx 7y agoAnd people called me paranoid when I called Google out for replacing fingerprint authentication with face recognition in the upcoming Pixel 4. It's clear as day they intend to use that data for purposes other than the immediate unlocking of the device, even if they won't do that at launch, because too many people pay attention then.
- ssss11 7y agoThis is the only basis that tech co’s have been convinced to provide ways to opt out and appear to care for your privacy. They make it difficult so the majority don’t do it. In my opinion laws should be in place to ensure stuff like this is OPT IN only. The current situation is madness.
- Xelbair 7y agoGDPR was supposed to do that. Sadly looking at reality it is too watered down.